Empowered neurodivergence physiotherapy

07/09/2025

🌿 Pilates Ring + ADHD: Why Slow Matters

When we think about exercise for ADHD, we often picture high-energy movement. But research shows that slow, controlled movement can be just as powerful for the ADHD brain.

The Pilates ring provides gentle resistance and sensory feedback. When used slowly, it:
✅ Activates brain areas linked to executive function and self-regulation
✅ Calms the nervous system and reduces hyperarousal
✅ Builds proprioceptive awareness (knowing where your body is in space)
✅ Creates a moving anchor for focus

👉 Try this: Sit or stand tall, hold the Pilates ring, and press in slowly as you exhale. Release with control. Notice how your body and mind settle.

For ADHD, this isn’t just exercise—it’s a regulation strategy.

28/07/2025

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Ever heard of WHODAS?
It’s not a riddle—WHODAS stands for the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule. It's a tool that helps physiotherapists understand how your body and mind work together in daily life.

We use it to:
🔎 Understand what tasks are difficult
📈 Track your progress over time
🎯 Set meaningful goals in therapy

It’s not about labels—it’s about seeing the whole person.

👉 Want to know what YOUR WHODAS scores mean? Book an assessment with us today.

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23/06/2025

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23/06/2025

Neurodiversity & Trauma-Informed Physiotherapy: What You Need to Know - https://mailchi.mp/empoweredneurodivergencephysiotherapy.com.au/trauma-informed-care-model-8335076

15/06/2025

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15/06/2025

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Stand Up for Disability Support: Stop the NDIS Cuts

14/06/2025

🚴‍♀️💚 Neurocycling is here!
We’re proud to offer NDIS-funded Neurocycling sessions in Adelaide—designed especially for neurodivergent individuals and people with neurological conditions.

Whether it’s building emotional regulation, confidence, or simply enjoying safe movement, neurocycling is a powerful way to support the brain through the body.

🧠 Tailored for:
✔️ Autistic and ADHD individuals
✔️ People with intellectual disability
✔️ Neurological conditions (e.g. epilepsy, CP)
✔️ Participants with sensory or mobility needs

🌿 One-on-one, trauma-informed sessions
🛞 Side-by-side tandem trikes available for 2:1 support
📍 Based in Adelaide | Referrals now open

📩 Want to learn more?
We’ve created a FREE resource pack with flyers for:
📄 Support Coordinators
👨‍👩‍👧 Parents & Carers
🏫 Schools & Educators

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13/06/2025

🚴‍♀️✨ Neurocycling: Movement That Transforms the Brain! 🧠💪

Did you know that cycling isn’t just great for your body—it’s also powerful for your brain?

Neurocycling is a therapeutic approach that combines the rhythm and coordination of cycling with brain-based strategies to support emotional regulation, motor planning, executive function, and sensory integration—especially for neurodivergent individuals and people with neurological conditions.

🌟 Here’s how neurocycling helps:
✔️ Encourages bilateral coordination (using both sides of the brain and body)
✔️ Supports focus and attention
✔️ Helps manage anxiety and big emotions through repetitive, calming motion
✔️ Boosts confidence, independence, and community participation

Whether it’s on a stationary bike, tandem trike, or an adaptive cycle, neurocycling meets you where you’re at—and helps you move forward, literally and neurologically. 🛞💚

At Empowered Neurodivergence Physiotherapy, we offer neurocycling as part of our movement-based, trauma-informed approach under the NDIS.

👉 Curious if it’s right for you or your loved one? Message us or visit our page to learn more! https://mailchi.mp/empoweredneurodivergencephysiotherapy.com.au/neurocycling-physiotherapy-program

13/06/2025

🚴‍♀️✨ Neurocycling: Movement That Transforms the Brain! 🧠💪

Did you know that cycling isn’t just great for your body—it’s also powerful for your brain?

Neurocycling is a therapeutic approach that combines the rhythm and coordination of cycling with brain-based strategies to support emotional regulation, motor planning, executive function, and sensory integration—especially for neurodivergent individuals and people with neurological conditions.

🌟 Here’s how neurocycling helps:
✔️ Encourages bilateral coordination (using both sides of the brain and body)
✔️ Supports focus and attention
✔️ Helps manage anxiety and big emotions through repetitive, calming motion
✔️ Boosts confidence, independence, and community participation

Whether it’s on a stationary bike, tandem trike, or an adaptive cycle, neurocycling meets you where you’re at—and helps you move forward, literally and neurologically. 🛞💚

At Empowered Neurodivergence Physiotherapy, we offer neurocycling as part of our movement-based, trauma-informed approach under the NDIS.

👉 Curious if it’s right for you or your loved one? Message us or visit our page to learn more!

://mailchi.mp/empoweredneurodivergencephysiotherapy.com.au/neurocycling-physiotherapy-program

💬 Our Services Include: ✅ Mental Health Physiotherapy (anxiety, trauma, sensory overload) ✅ Neuro Physio for autism, CP, epilepsy, ABI & more ✅ Assistive Tech & mobility support (e.g., tandem trikes 🚲) ✅ Community & functional capacity building ✅ Employment support & personal develop...

12/06/2025

The 2024–2025 NDIA Annual Pricing Review has introduced substantial changes to therapy supports, including a $40.63/hour cut to physiotherapy price limits in South Australia. While we support efforts to align NDIS pricing with market data, we must urgently highlight a growing concern: the systematic devaluation of physiotherapists’ role in functional capacity assessment (FCA) and clinical decision-making.

Physiotherapists are uniquely qualified to assess and address functional performance, postural control, endurance, motor planning, and physical regulation. Yet in practice, NDIS documentation and pricing arrangements rarely acknowledge these competencies—leading to:

FCAs often being dismissed unless completed by OTs or psychologists

A lack of dedicated pricing for complex reporting

Physiotherapists absorbing uncompensated workloads under flat hourly rates

This trend directly undermines participant outcomes, especially for:

Neurodivergent people with co-occurring physical/sensory/motor needs

Participants seeking employment or independence where physical function is a core barrier

Clients requiring access to assistive technology or housing support

It also creates an unsustainable workforce environment, where physiotherapists are expected to perform high-value work with neither professional recognition nor pricing flexibility. This contributes to burnout and loss of skilled practitioners from the NDIS sector.

We urge the NDIA to:

Formally recognise physiotherapists as qualified providers of Functional Capacity Assessments in relevant guidance and participant communications.

Introduce a separate pricing category or reporting item for complex functional assessments—especially where they inform plan reviews, AT justifications, or housing eligibility.

Engage physiotherapy-led services in the upcoming 2026 Therapy Pricing Review to ensure nuanced, evidence-informed pricing reforms.

Physiotherapy is not ancillary. We are movement-based diagnosticians and functional specialists who deserve to be seen and supported as such. https://mailchi.mp/empoweredneurodivergencephysiotherapy.com.au/ndis-neurodivergent-clients-in-adelaide

08/06/2025

Did you know NDIS covers trauma-informed physio for neurodivergent clients?
We're here to support movement, regulation & independence.